From when must allergens be declared as an ingredient on pre-packaged food?
According to Regulation (EU) 1169/2011, substances that cause allergies or intolerances must be indicated on pre-packaged foods. The threshold levels listed below, which are also used by official surveillance authorities as a basis for evaluating laboratory results, are intended to provide guidance on when an allergen must be declared as an ingredient.
| Allergen | Analytically determined as | Mandatory labeling as ingredient according to Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 |
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Cereals containing gluten (wheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, kamut) except: wheat-based glucose syrups, dextrose, wheat-based maltodextrins, barley-based glucose syrups, cereals for the production of alcoholic beverages |
Gluten | > 80 mg/kg |
| Eggs and products thereof | Whole egg powder | > 1 mg/kg |
| Peanuts and products thereof | Peanut | > 5 mg/kg |
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Soybeans and products thereof except: fully refined soybean oil, natural tocopherols, plant oil-derived phytosterols, phytostanol esters from soybean oil sterols |
Full-fat soy flour | > 20 mg/kg |
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Milk and products thereof (including lactose) except: whey for producing alcoholic beverages, lactitol |
Skimmed milk powder | > 2.5 mg/kg |
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Treenuts and products thereof except: treenuts for producing alcoholic beverages Hazelnuts Cashew Almonds, walnuts, pecans, Brazil nuts, pistachios, macadamias, Queensland nuts |
As whole hazelnut, almond etc. |
> 5 mg/kg > 50 mg/kg > 20 mg/kg |
| Sesame seeds and products thereof | Unhulled sesame | > 10 mg/kg |
| Lupins and products thereof | Lupin | > 50 mg/kg |
| Celery and products thereof | Celery seed | > 20 mg/kg |
| Mustard and products thereof | Mustard seed | > 5 mg/kg |
These values are intended solely as guide values where the measurement uncertainty of the analytical methods must be considered.
Source: www.untersuchungsämter-bw.de
These values are intended solely as guide values where the measurement uncertainty of the analytical methods must be considered.
Source: http://www.untersuchungsämter-bw.de/pub/beitrag.asp?ID=878&subid=0&Thema_ID=9&lang=DE